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Ch. 50- Revelations

The shadowed outline of a figure in a long coat crept closer to the dojo. Their purpose was to acquire information, so that was what they were doing.

'Under no circumstances are you to engage the subject…yet,' the orders echoed in their mind. They would never disobey a direct command.

The figure leapt onto the wooden patio lightly, and crept along the side of the dojo stealthily. Creak The figure cursed quietly and rushed around the side of the dojo, hoping that his lack of caution would not blow anything. Failure wasn't an option.


Gray eyes gleamed in the semi-darkness as Kai stared at the ceiling, sleep eluding him. His mind was blank. It was a reaction response. Since he could not sleep, his mind was stilled. It was peaceful, not to have his thoughts crowding his already full mind.

The sound of a floorboard creaking jolted him out of that reverie. His senses were tingling again. He sat up slowly, noting that each of his teammates were where they were supposed to be. Sounds were not uncommon at night, but this time they just felt wrong. He had no evidence whatsoever to back up his feelings, because they were just that. Feelings. He listened intently. He could swear that he heard footsteps outside. He didn't think that it was Marina; if she were out, she wouldn't be that careless.

Kai threw the sheets off his body quietly and stood up. His teammates didn't stir. He moved out of the large room quietly and made his way to one of the sliding traditional doors that existed in the dojo. They weren't the best security measure if someone wanted to break in. He listened intently for a moment, pausing and hearing nothing, and stepped out into the night air. It didn't hurt to check.


A bright crescent moon crept over the treeline in the clear sky, beams of soft light falling through the window to rest on Marina's face. Her senses took note of the brightness, but didn't wake her, or send alarm tingling through her body. Her mind was always active, even if she wasn't. She continued to sleep lightly. For once her dreams were not plagued with her own misdeeds.

The soft light shining on her face was blocked for a moment before it returned. Her blue eyes snapped open suddenly, and her body tensed up, immediately cautious. She made no move, just listened for anything out of the ordinary.

She heard it almost immediately. Someone was walking around outside, and trying to be quiet, but failing. That, in her own mind, was suspicious all on its own. And her upbringing refused her to just ignore it. She rolled out of bed and silently stalked out of her quarters, uncaring that she was clad only in black shorts and a T-shirt.

Marina poked her head outside and stood in the slightly cool air. She looked skyward to view the moon covered by a single cloud. She silently slid the door shut behind her. Being under the extended overhang of the roof made it difficult to see anything clearer than shadows. The blocked moon eerily illuminated the grass, but light seemed not to penetrate the patio.

She waited until her eyes had adjusted to the gloom before padding silently down one length of the dojo. It was odd to walk in darkness when just beyond her view was foggy ground. She stopped at a corner as a slight breeze blew across the yard. She stared out at the darkness behind the pond, sure that she had seen something moving. Marina was so preoccupied with what she thought she saw that she didn't notice when someone moved around the corner right in front of her and a hand shot out to her throat.

She was surprised for a moment before reacting. Marina tried to ignore the hand cutting off her air supply and kicked her assailant in the stomach hard. Instead of the grip around her neck loosening, the pressure got tighter and the force of her kick sent him backwards, dragging her with him.

One hand clawed at her neck as she began to see stars. She forced her right hand into a fist and punched the figure in the jaw. They staggered back and Marina took a few deep breaths to ease her burning lungs.


Kai rubbed his jaw. The attacker definitely had a strong right hook. He wished it wasn't so dark under the overhang. He wanted to see the face of the person who had been following him. He blearily saw the person crouch down to prepare an attack of their own. Kai spared a moment to glance in through a window of the dojo. He had to be as silent as possible to avoid waking his team. They was just no need for them to get involved in this as well.

The black figure leaped forward, quicker than he expected and only just got his hand up in time to block the kick to his face. He retaliated with a punch of his own, which landed on the attacker's shoulder as they dodged. He missed the powerful roundhouse that collided with his side and sent him careening into one of the support beams.

'Damn,' he cursed as he crashed into the hard wood, 'he's so fast.'


Marina spared a second to sweep the hair out of her face as her attacker pushed off from the support beam in which she'd thrown him. She leaped straight up and held on to a crossbar, kicking out to send them falling back again. She wished that they had fallen into the light. The way they fought was so familiar to her, but she just couldn't put her finger on it.

The figure got up quickly and tackled her. Her hands were ripped from the bar as the wind was knocked out of her and he rolled to his feet behind her. She stood up quickly but felt her attacker's strong hands grab her from behind.

Marina used her lithe frame to her advantage and levered him up and over her shoulder, throwing him off of her. She squinted in the semi-gloom, finding it hard to mount an effective offense in the dark. The shadows on the porch all looked the same.


Kai rolled over and pushed himself to his feet. Fighting an actual opponent was something that he hadn't done in a long time. It was so different than just practicing moves; you had to know how your attacker thought. Which was something that was difficult since he couldn't see his opponent, and didn't know who they were. But he suspected that the person was female. That, or a guy with long hair; he had felt it brush his cheek when he had been embarrassingly thrown. That feat alone had surprised the Russian. His opponent wasn't that big.

The attacker rushed at him and then it was their turn to be thrown. They landed on their back heavily and wasted no time in reaching back to grab Kai's legs. They pulled hard, and he fell to the floor, knocked off balance. The shadow flipped to their feet, but was tackled again by Kai.

He was kicked in the stomach, muscles clenching painfully, and instinctually relaxed his grip a little on the body beneath him. They rolled over and Kai pinned them to the ground, a hand on each of their wrists. He froze as he saw the blue-streaked hair of his supposed enemy spill over the side of the patio and into the moonlight.

He didn't have time to do anything though as he was kicked by her free legs hard, and sent head over heels off the patio to land in the dewy grass. They both now knew that all along they had been fighting the wrong person.

Marina sighed and stared at the dojo walls, rubbing her sore neck absently. Kai had quite a grip. She blinked; whomever she had thought she'd seen would probably be long gone by now. That was if there was even a person there in the first place. She didn't know whether or not to trust her judgement anymore. She felt that she should've known that she was fighting Kai.

As Kai got to his feet Marina voiced coldly, "A word of advice," she began, "next time you pin somebody, sit on their legs."

Kai bristled, ignoring her. "What are you doing out here?"

"Same as you," she replied airily, "Someone was here."

She turned her back on him and climbed swiftly up one of the support beams to the tiled roof.

"Where are you?" she whispered under her breath as she climbed to sit on one of the flat spots on the roof. The real enemy could still be near.


The real cloaked figure let out a silent sigh of relief. They had not been found out. How fortunate it was that Kai had found someone else to fight. He'd need a scapegoat desperately to get out of that one. The effigy had wanted to watch the two fight, but knew that it was a bad idea. The master had eyes everywhere. If it was found out that he was being careless on duty, then he would be punished.

"Who was that other person?" the figure wondered out loud. "It was definitely not one of his teammates. But who then? Perhaps we are not the only ones…"

They shook their head briskly and took off in the shadows, making a mental note to inform the coordinator of what he had seen.


Kai sighed and rubbed a hand over his cheek. He kicked himself mentally. How could he not have known that he was fighting Marina? He had seen her moves enough to know when she was fighting. But no, he had been so obsessed with finding the person stalking him that he had used his head. He had let emotion cloud his judgement. He couldn't afford to do it again. What if he had accidentally killed her?

He looked at his hands. He knew that he had squeezed tight. How could he do that to a girl, let alone Marina? He couldn't let her beat him. But guilt flooded through his body in a quick, fluid stream. He could never be too careful. Sometimes he thought that he didn't know his own strength.

Kai climbed up to join Marina on the roof. He sat next to her wordlessly. Marina rested her head on her knees and wrapped her arms around her bare legs. They sat in silence, Marina studying the crescent moon.

"Whoever it was, is long gone," she said quietly, breaking the silence.

"Do you know who it was?"

She shook her head stiffly in reply. She needed more information before she could point a finger at the culprit. Whoever had been hanging around the dojo was bad news, Marina was sure of it.

Kai struggled internally, fighting to find the words of apology. But his pride kept him from doing so. It wasn't like she was apologizing either though.

"Why did you do that to yourself?" Kai asked abruptly. It was one of the things he couldn't understand about her. She just didn't seem like the one to throw her life away.

She turned her head to look at him quizzically. "Do what?"

"Cut yourself."

She jerked her head up sharply as a shadow crossed her eyes. She turned her head away, rubbing her wrists softly. It was obvious to him that it was a sore subject. That was why he was surprised when she answered.

"Sometimes feeling pain is the only way you know you're alive." The frost from her voice was gone, to be replaced with sadness and regret.

"They didn't even know what they did." She stared at something that wasn't there; a memory frozen in time. "They were innocent." She rubbed her arms to ward off the sudden chill she felt. The rational part of her mind begged her to stop there, to leave it. She didn't even know why she was telling him. It wasn't as though he would understand. No one could. But still, she didn't feel in control as she spilled her secret.

Kai watched her silently.

"You don't know what it's like," she began quietly, fighting her inner turmoil and losing. "To feel blood. The life force…of another…just….leave. To have the knowledge that you just ended their life. I have to live with that Kai. I always have, and I always will, until I join them in release."

"What happened?" he asked softly.

She frowned. "The first was a test. Of control. They gave me a gun," she bit her lip. "And I killed him. No questions asked."

"Who did?" Kai had a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach that he already knew the answer. That answer led to another question. Why did they not try this drug on him? They had tried many on him, but not that one. He wondered why.

"Biovolt," she spat in hatred. Her hands clenched into fists.

Kai looked down. It was another mark down for Biovolt, for his grandfather's company. He felt an odd emotion stirring inside him. Compassion. He didn't like to see her in pain.

"Then it wasn't your fault," he said calmly. "You were forced to."

She shook her head. "You don't understand. I…I felt it. My finger pulled the trigger. I should have fought it. I should have done…something. Anything."

He touched her arm gently. "It wasn't your fault," he said firmly, feeling it odd to comfort someone. Especially her.

At his touch she jerked her arm away and seemed to snap out of a trance. The mask went up, her true feelings once again hidden away. She kicked herself inwardly. 'Why do I always drop my guard around Kai?'

"Your compassion surprises me," she muttered coldly. "But I am fine. It is in the past. There is nothing I can do now."

"Anyway, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger," she said confidently.

Her sudden change in attitude was a clear indication that Marina still hadn't recovered fully from her bout with amnesia. He drew out her dagger encased in the plain sheath from where he'd hidden it for safekeeping and placed it beside her.

Her eyes flicked from him to her blade before picking it up and holding it tightly in her hands.

"There are four notches in the hilt," he stated. "You've explained one. What about the others?" He was curious to see how much information he could get out of her.

"I did not kill them," she replied stonily, running her hand over the familiar marks. "But they did die because of me. They got too close." She pulled on the hilt to reveal the blue-tinged metal in the moonlight. "There should be more," she mused aloud.

"Why?" he was determined to find out as much as he possible could.

"They all couldn't have survived the blast," she replied in her normal tone.

Kai raised his eyebrows. It seemed that she was full of surprises that night. Marina saw it from the corner of her eye. She figured that he already knew the worst, so what's a few more facts from her life?

"The people who captured me from the life raft took me to an island and chained me to a pole in the middle of a walled courtyard," she explained quickly. "I was tortured to get information, but I didn't give anything up. They even threatened you guys. But when I didn't give them what they wanted, they got angry. They left me outside for days. When I got free…I…lost control."

She paused to look at the moon for support. "These people, they track me wherever I go. They won't give up. So I decided to end it. Once I was free I snuck into their facility, grabbed my blade, and Saphira helped me destroy it. Some propane caught fire, and the whole place was engulfed in minutes. I was lucky to get out alive."

"So how did you end up on the beach?" Kai asked, thinking back to how he'd found her.

"I ran when the building exploded," she began, a thoughtful look on her face. "But I was barefoot and had to run across broken rocks. I knew I was on an island so I tried to find the beach. I fell over a cliff. I hit the water, and that's all I remember. Next thing I know I'm in the hospital, with no memories at all."

'It was nice,' she added as an afterthought. 'I didn't have to deal with everything I do now.'

Her explanation shed a lot on the subject for Kai. Like why her wounds were so extensive and how she was so distrusting. With people after her all the time, it would be hard to believe in someone's true intentions.

"Who are those people?" he asked, curious to why they would be after Marina. "Yesterday you mentioned archaeologists."

She froze, and kicked herself mentally for letting that fact slip when she was emotional and not in control.

"They are the reason that if I disappear suddenly, don't expect me to come back," she replied tiredly. "And don't go looking for me, either. I know that your team has a bit of a save-the-day complex."

He waited for more, but when it didn't come, he became curious.

"Why?" he asked simply.

"Let's just say that I read something I shouldn't have," she replied coldly, in an it's-none-of-your-business tone. "Something powerful that in the wrong hands could be cataclysmic. Think apocalypse."

"Right," he said sarcastically. "It's fine if you don't want to tell me, but if you're going to lie, then you'd better think up something believable." What could be so dangerous about reading something? He chose not to believe her. But it did nag at his mind.

Marina smirked. She was glad that he didn't believe her. But she sensed that he had something more to ask.

"If you want to ask something else, then now would be the time to do so," she remarked tartly, "I will not be so open tomorrow. And I think that I have explained enough."

He glanced at her, frowning. He dropped his guard around her. And it wasn't a good thing. He couldn't afford to. And he had to remember that just because she acted emotionless, it didn't mean that she couldn't feel other's conflicts."

"I want to know about the abbey," he began stonily. "I want to know what I can't remember." He didn't look at her. Marina was the only one that he knew could tell him.

The Russian girl froze. Her eyes flicked to him and back. She stood up to leave. "Don't you think that there is a reason you've pushed them back so far?"

"I don't care. I want to know," he replied shortly, making up his mind. If she wouldn't tell him willingly, then he would force her hand.

"Why? Do want to know why you push yourself so far? Why just doing your best isn't enough? Why you feel that…that there is no hope left for innocence?" She closed her eyes, in turmoil for what she knew. For what they had done to them to make them this way.

"I want to know everything that I can't recall," he corrected, sensing that she would only tell him certain things if pushed. 'I want to know why I don't remember you.'

She shook her head and turned her back to him. "I can't tell you." She took a step for the edge, hating herself.

"Fine." He looked down. "I won't tell anyone what you told me," he added quietly. "If you can't trust someone who understands what you went through, then you can't trust anyone at all."

"Thank you," her voice wavered. Marina's mind raced. He did deserve to know. And he was right. They had been through the same things. He would understand. That was why she had told him so much in the first place. She couldn't help it. She had never told anyone half of the things that she had told him. It felt good to get them off her chest. But she couldn't tell him what he wanted to know. It was just too painful for her. But she knew she was being selfish.

Being on the lower part of the roof, she jumped off and landed knee bent, one hand resting on the ground. She ran swiftly and leaped atop the wall surrounding the dojo with ease. She looked back to see his outline against the sky. She bit her lip and glanced to the moon. The glowing crescent was making her feel uncharacteristic. It was the only excuse she could find to explain why she was feeling this way.

"Just because I won't tell you doesn't mean that you can't remember on your own," she called out, just loud enough for him to hear.

He frowned. What was she up to?

"I can help you remember," she began, "but you'll have to catch me first."

She jumped off the wall and disappeared, feeling pleased with herself. Now she could see how much Kai wanted the information that he couldn't recall. That, and she hadn't played a game in a long time.

Kai didn't move for a moment. He was virtually speechless. He thought hard. 'What is she doing?' Marina never played games. Well, not this kind. He knew that she could be manipulative, but this was new. 'It's a test. But why?' He sighed. If he wanted to know then he would have to comply because she would never tell him otherwise. She could be so stubborn that way.

He jumped off the roof and landed heavily on his feet. She made it look so easy, but she'd obviously had more practice. He vaulted over the wall and stopped. He'd wasted precious time on the roof and now he had no idea of where she had gone. He studied the ground for clues, but she left no trace behind. He could hear nothing unusual.

He guessed a place that she might go and headed that way. It was difficult to see in the night's gloom, but found that his eyes soon adjusted to work with the weak light that filtered through the trees.

Kai entered the clearing warily. He had guessed correctly, and Marina stood in the center with her back to his position. He didn't trust her. She wouldn't make it this easy. He walked up to her silently.

Marina sensed his silent approach and devilish smile quirked the corners of her lips. As soon as he got close enough, she spun around, lightning fast, and grabbed his forearm, flipping him over her hip.

"What was that for?" he snarled, getting to his feet easily.

She looked smug. "If you want to remember, then you must recall your training. Now fight me."

"What?" he asked incredulously.

"You must fight me," she repeated coldly. "Is that going to be a problem? You've done so before."

But he wasn't sure that he could. It was different now. He knew who she was. And this information made it that much harder to fight her.

She narrowed her eyes. "If it's because I'm a girl, don't worry," she said savagely. "I can take pain."

His face was impassive but Kai frowned inwardly. He didn't understand how fighting Marina would help him recall his memories. But if he didn't fight, what would she do?

Marina sighed heavily. 'Fine. I'll make you fight me then,' she thought heartlessly. She was in no mood to be merciful. Or patient. She took two quick steps forward and jump-kicked, aiming for his right shoulder.

He stepped out of the way quickly. She threw in a combination of punches and kicks, but still, he only either blocked or dodged her blows. She stopped abruptly and stood in place.

"If you do not fight me then you will never-"

WHAM

Marina staggered back, hand over her left eye as she saw stars. She was surprised that he had actually hit her. A half-smile crept across her face and her eyes lit up dangerously.

Kai froze and stared at his hand. He couldn't believe that he had punched her. But that was what she had wanted after all, and it was her own fault for asking for it. But still, it went against what morals he had to hit a girl. People may have assumed he was heartless, but he did care a little.

"Don't hold back next time," she commented, standing straight. "That shoulda knocked me out."

He glared at her mocking tone. He may have acted uncaring, but he did care when he was being mocked. And she knew just what to say to push his buttons.

Marina moved in quickly and retaliated with a strong right hook that landed on the exact same spot that she had hit him before. He dropped to the ground. Concern washed through her body for a moment as she stared at his still form. She hadn't hit him that hard.

She crouched by his head and reached out to take his pulse. Before she could his eyes snapped open and she felt herself be flipped over his head to land heavily on her back. She rolled backwards and got to her feet. 'Sneaky.'

The Russian girl stepped back before cartwheeling towards him. She rolled out of it and elbowed him in the side when she got close enough. He caught her arm and levered her upright, twisting her arm while he pulled her towards him. He held onto her other arm, making Marina's arms cross awkwardly over her chest. Her back was forced against his muscular body. He was physically stronger than she was, despite all the extra training she'd endured.

"What is the point of this?" he asked coldly in her ear. "I remember the training."

"Well that's good, I wouldn't want it to be too easy," she retorted, ignoring how close she was too him at that moment.

Marina gritted her teeth and ceased struggling in his grasp. Instead she switched tactics and slammed her heel against his foot. Then she threw her head back, clipping his forehead. He released her quickly and she back-kicked him in the side, forcing him headlong into a tree. He slumped to the grass, unconscious.

She sighed heavily, chest heaving. Her hands shaked a little, and the blood had rushed to her head when he had grabbed her. She swallowed hard and shook her head of such feelings. She kinda felt bad for him. All she'd wanted to do was knock him unconscious, but she'd also wanted to give him a fair chance to fight back. She knew that her logic was flawed, but she had done it anyway. She didn't even know what he was fighting for.

"Okay, Kai, you want your memories? Then lets see what I can do."

She dragged him away from the tree and into a pool of wispy moonlight. Next she got out the discarded lighter that she'd found earlier. She gathered twigs and debris into a small pile and froze, her hand on the lighter.

'Do I really want him to remember?' The memories were painful enough for her.

/He deserves to know/ Saphira's previous comment echoed in her head. She made up her mind. She couldn't decide what of his past to keep from him. It was his choice, even though the memories were of her. She had kept the pain from him long enough.

She lit the fire and blew the resulting smoke over his face. She'd tried to re-create the mood of what had happened. She hoped that the smoke or the blow would allow him to allow what he couldn't remember. Then she waited. She didn't even know if it would work or not. She sat on the fallen log and stared at the crescent moon. It always gave her comfort.

FLASHBACK

Kai woke up as the building began to crumble. He smelt smoke and saw that fires raged everywhere. He coughed. He was disoriented. Where was he?

Then he saw the black blade with the dark phoenix spinning and remembered. He had lost control. His grandfather would be furious. He grabbed the now immobile blade and ran from the fire and falling debris. He tripped out of what remained of the doorframe and fell in the cold snow, as the roof collapsed behind him.

Looking up, he saw what he feared. Huge flames roared against the dark backdrop of the pale Russian sky. Clouds of gray smoke filled the air and people were running around recklessly, trying to douse the spreading flames. What had he done?

He hung his head and watched as a ruby tear fell to land stark against the ivory snow. He held up a small hand to his forehead. It felt sticky. Then he blacked out and what happened after he did not know.

When he came to again he was lying on a makeshift stretcher, the full moon high above him. The nine-year old Kai knew that his grandfather would never call the hospital or police. It was just too risky for his operation. He stumbled off the stretcher, still a little confused. Still people rushed around, putting out fires and covering the dead or severely wounded. They wouldn't live anyway.

His eyes fell onto a particular shape. There was scarlet blood everywhere and pieces of a building around the body. He froze and dropped to his bruised knees. What had he done?

"I'm sorry," he whispered. "It was an accident."

END FLASHBACK

"I remember," Kai sat up suddenly and immediately regretted it was his head pounded fiercely.

Marina didn't move. She just waited.

He stood up slowly as his last memory of Marina came flooding back to him.

"I know why I don't remember you," he started slowly.

Marina looked down.

"It was my fault," he added in shocked disbelief. "I…I thought you were dead."


Aren't I nice with the cliffhangers? I'm sorry, but this was one chapter where I really wanted to just leave it like this. I hope that you all liked this one though, despite the ending. And don't be too hard on Marina for knocking Kai out. She had to do it for his memories to come back, after all, so it was kinda a good thing. Well, anyway, please no flames. Oh, and her are the current standings for the Ray pairing:

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